Global warming – the bottom line
Francis Sedgemore, Sunday 6 November 2011 at 20:11 UTC
It’s official – Earth is warming, and we have a pretty good idea of by how much and how fast it is warming. The figure is 0.9 ± 0.04 degrees Celsius since the mid-1950’s, according to the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project, which last month published a comprehensive review based on 1.6 billion records from 15 pre-existing archives. Today, Nature Climate Change publishes an interview with project director Richard Muller.
Read the interview with Muller for yourselves, if you have access to the journal, and delve into the publicly available data and analysis programs if so inclined. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project shows how climate science is and should be done.
Further reading
“Global warming ‘confirmed’”, Nature Climate Change interviews Richard Muller (6 November 2011)
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Monday 7 November 2011 at 15:42 UTC
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Monday 7 November 2011 at 16:54 UTC
But why should I listen to a mere scientist when Jeremy Clarkson says global waring is nonsense!
Monday 7 November 2011 at 17:03 UTC
Because I am nowhere near as ugly as Mr Clarkson, and am possessed of sufficient aesthetic sense to not wear sports jackets with denim jeans. I have instead a lovely white labcoat, and therein lies my authority.
Monday 7 November 2011 at 17:50 UTC
Now that is true. Based o pulchritude and dress sense it will be Jeremy that gets kicked out of bed!
Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 19:40 UTC
Yeah, but the next question to be answered: anthropogenic or not?
Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 22:55 UTC
The Berkeley result is further proof, if proof be needed, that the recent warming must be due in large part at least to anthropogenic effects. This is discussed by the Berkeley group, and is the reason why Muller has softened his previously sceptical stance on anthropogenic climate change.